LAGOON

On Monday we spent the whole day at Lagoon with Andy and Jenny and NO KIDS! It was so much fun and a really nice break. Thanks SO MUCH to Tim's mom and brothers who spent the day with our kids. I had so much fun that I made myself sick! Maybe I went on a few too many roller coaster rides. By the time we were done we went to Olive Garden for dinner and I couldn't even eat anything because my head hurt so bad that it made me nauseous. I just have to say that it was WAY worth it though. Here are are few pictures. I wish I would have taken more, but was too busy having fun.

We got some really yummy ice-cream and the store was like an old school Pharmacy. So of course I had to get a picture with Tim in it.

Sadie's B-day & Wheelers Farm

It has been SO GREAT having Brett and Jennie around! I am so glad our kids have each other and I still am in marvel that our girls and boys are the same ages! It makes it extra nice and neat! Sadie and Emery are the best of friends. They remind me of my cousin Brooke and I growing up. It never mattered how long it has been since we had seen each other. We were ALWAYS able to pick up right where we left off and have a great time. I am glad Emery and Sadie have that now too.
I guess it is still too soon to tell if Kaven and Trace will hit it off as well as Emery and Sadie do. In this picture I think Kaven is a little too concerned that Trace is sitting where Emery usually sits. I think Trace is just oblivious to it all and super cool. Hopefully with time they will be as close and Emery and Sadie. :)

This picture is a little blurry but I thought it showed how cute these two are together. They are both SO EXCITED for Sadie's B-day presents.

I also just have to say how nice it is to have a Med Student in the family. Specifically a D.O. student (Chiropractics too). I had a super sore neck from our Lagoon adventure and he fixed me right up and then fixed a small back problem Tim has been dealing with for a LONG time. I don't know why we didn't think to have him fix it sooner. Maybe because it wasn't anything too major. It sure made a difference for him though. Thanks Brett. You guys are great.

And last but not least, we were able to go to Wheelers Farm with them too. I only got this one picture before my batteries on my Camera died. So this is all you get. I am glad we are all still close enough to each other that we get to be together at least twice a year.

Where in the World are the Johnsons???

The Airport

Tim's brother Nick is FINALLY home from his mission! It is SO nice having him home again!
Temple Square
We were thrilled to have Tim's family stay with us for a few days when Nick came home. One of the things we did was visit Temple Square and see the Movie of Joseph Smith playing there.
In the Kitchen

I finally got brave enough and bottled something ALL BY MYSELF! I only called my mother in-law and sister Jodi once! :) The Strawberry Jam is delicious too! Maybe next time I REALLY will be able to do it by myself with no phone calls even. :)
Boondocks

Tim's dad got us free unlimited passes for his work party. We had a BLAST! Maybe I will do another post on this. I have SO MANY pictures!
Annabella

Yes, he climbed up there by himself!

While Tim spent four days with his brothers, I was lucky enough to spend some time with my sister Jodi. I personally think I had way more fun than Tim did with his brothers. I sure love my Sis and her family. They are such good people and a great example to me. THANKS.
At a Funeral

(My mom Rhonda and her sisters Paula and Marie)
My grandma Joann passed away from Cancer and she had one of the best funerals I have been to. My favorite was the rose floral arrangement on her casket. The top pink rose represented my grandparents. The next 18 white roses represented the children. Then the bottom 82 represented the grandchildren. We each took a rose as we left. This was very neat to me because it said a lot about the yours, mine, ours and their family that my mother grew up in. Despite all the problems and quirks of that situation they always kept in mind what was most important. Our Heavenly Father and Family. It is defiantly true families come in all shapes and SIZES! Even though she is technically my step grandmother I feel that she always took me in, treated me as her own and ALWAYS made me feel very special. She is a great woman.
Delta


Of course we had to go to Nicks talk in sacrament meeting. It is great being with Brett's family again. Emery and Sadie just adore each other and their grandmother as you can see!

...and this is just the tip of the ice burg. We actually have been home for three days and are back out again for more Summer fun. Where will we be next? Guess you will have to stay tuned and if you are lucky enough I will find a little bit of time to do a blog post about it. :) Happy Summer Everyone!

"Bucket List"

Tim and I have decided that while we are living in the City we were going to try to experience some of the things is has to offer. Because of this a "bucket list" for city living has started to be created. With this being Tim's only summer off from school in the Pharmacy program and the freedom we have with our children's ages, we feel there is no better time than the present! Though many of our items have been crossed off, our list seems to keep getting longer as we keep learning the many things the city has to offer. Sometimes we even find something new to do for FREE or cheap!!!! We even have really nice friends that invite us places on their passes (thanks so much to those people). Other times we find out ways where you can get free or discounted passes to these places for one visit (AWESOME).
Some of the things we have crossed off:
Sugar House Park
Liberty Park
Experience The Mayan (Only thing we have payed for so far:))
Hoogle Zoo
This is the Place Heritage Park
Discovery Gateway & The Gateway
Natural History Museum
Red Butte Gardens
Taking the School Shuttle as a family
Eating at The Training Tables

So here are some pictures
The Natural History Museum

Waiting for the Shuttle. The kids, especially Emery, were Fascinated with riding the Shuttle. Tim explained and pointed out so many things to her on the ride. We will have to do that one again! It has been her favorite of our "Bucket List" so far.

Red Butte Gardens

Emery with her favorite flowers there (because they are her favorite color of purple).

Too bad my batteries on my Camera died after this. There were SO MANY beautiful cool things I wish I would have gotten pictures of. AWESOME PLACE!!
Anyway, maybe I will do another post later of the things on our "Bucket List" that have not been crossed off yet.

May I Interest You In......

........The Month of May?
Friends Moving
Our lives have been pretty transitional in these last 5 years of Marriage. One of the hard yet great blessings of this is all the friends we get to make. It just is the stage of life we are in while going to school! All the people around us are in this stage too. So in the months of May and August there is usually a pretty big turn over in our neighborhoods. One of those friendships are the Whetmans. We met them on the arrival of moving into this place and now they are off to Nebraska to continue Dental School. We were able to help them move and were lucky enough to have them stay the night at our house before they took off on the long trek! I don't know why we don't have sleep-overs with friends anymore now that we are adults. They still are fun! Especially with all our kids too! :)
Visits from Family
My sister Jodi's family came to see us and I was lucky enough to watch their kids while they went to a wedding. They have such fun good kids and they treat my kids SO WELL! Great Times!!





Discovery Gateway
I checked another Salt Lake City Experience off my list with this one. The kids REALLY loved it. What a cool place! Wish I could show you all the pictures I took but it would be too much of an overload. I LOVE FAMILY TIME!!!!




Year End Parties

The place where we live has a lot of fun activities and fun events planed throughout the year. Two of our favorites in the Block Party and the Year End Bash. They have all kinds of treats, blow up houses, entertainment and Dinner provided. This was Emery's first time playing in the blow up houses and I could not keep her out of them! I sure love where we live!!!


Trip To Delta

So we decided to spend a few days in Delta while Tim had a little break from school and work. The main point of our trip was so I could renew my expired drivers license and avoid the craziness of Salt Lake Cities DMV. I have to admit it was a great plan until I forgot my Birth Certificate!!! Oh well, I guess it gives us an excuse to plan another trip in the future. Good thing I never drive! :)

MAY I also say that life is EXTREMELY AWESOME right now. We feel SO INCREDIBLY blessed! I am not pregnant, we don't have a brand new baby (which opens up our summer options/vacations) and we have big bright goals and dreams for the future. I don't know how you can beat that! I just try to savor each moment with each one of my kids and my family! We are in such a fun stage of life. I hope it doesn't fly by too quickly!
MAY all your moments be as grand as ours!!!!

WARNING

*****WARNING*****
I am playing catch up again with my blog. We have been doing so many fun things that I haven't had time to post them all until now. So beware there are a lot of posts and pictures below :)

My Birthday Girl

My little Emery Girl just turned Three!!! She is growing up so fast and I just love her to pieces! She is so smart, confident and kind to others. She has a really great imagination, which I love observing. Sometimes when I am looking for something or need something she will say sweetly, "You can pretend you have one." Then hands me the invisible object. If only it were that easy sometimes. But it makes it nice when she wants something. :) She loves to sing, dance and yes watch T.V. We have decided that she is a couch potato, I am a computer potato and Tim is an I-Touch potato! Don't worry we really try to limit these things but really enjoy when we are doing these activities!
She decided she wanted a team umizoomi party. It is a new T.V. show on Nick Jr. where tiny super hero's teach about math skills as they solve a problem in Umi city. I made her a Millie (the tiny girl superhero) Dress to wear to her party. We made her a Bot (robot character) cake.
(We hadn't put on his antenna yet in this picture)
And Kaven kind of dressed up like Geo (tiny boy character). We also invited some close friends over to celebrate. Happy Birthday Sweet Girl! You are my number 6 helper (as she always corrects me when I tell her she is my number one helper). We LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!